Myofibroblast. 1st joint summit of the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) and the Osteoarthritis Research Society (OARSI) on "Wound Healing as a Concept for Cartilage Repair: Is it time to change the paradigm?", April 10-11, 2016, Kyoto, Japan

Myofibroblasts and tissue stress. Symposium on Mechanobiology: mechanisms of force sensation and transduction that control cell behavior in health & disease, March 22-24, 2016, Amsterdam, TheNetherlands

Matrix mechanics and regulation of the fibroblast phenotype. The joint meeting of the Société Française de Biologie de la Matrice Extracellulaire (SFBME) and the "Société Française de Biologie des Tissus Minéralisés" (SFBTM), May 14-16, 2014, Limoges, France

The stressed out myofibroblast: thriving under tension.Experimental Biology, April 26-30, 2014, San Diego, CA, USA

Everything you always wanted to know about the myofibroblast (but were afraid to ask), Keystone Symposium on Fibrosis: From Bench to Bedside. March 23-28, 2014, Keystone, Colorado, USA

2013

Organized is more efficient: Pre-strain in the extracellular matrix amplifies activation of latent TGF-beta1.Workshop on ‘Regulation of TGF Beta Activity and Cardiovascular Disease’, September 30-October 5, 2013, Lest Trailles, France

The role of alpha smooth muscle actin in driving mesenchymal stem cells into a fibrotic fate.The 28th Annual Conference of the European Cytoskeletal Forum (ECF), September 1-5, 2013, Fribourg, Switzerland

When elasticity is lost – the role of myofibroblasts in fibrosis. Gordon Research Conference (GRC) “Elastin, Elastic Fibers & Microfibrils”, July 21-26, 2013, University of New England, Maine, USA.

Fibroblasts and the art of re-modelling. Gordon Research Conference (GRC) of Collagens, July, 14-19, 2013, New London, New Hampshire, USA

About the stress of working with myofibroblasts, 19th Canadian Connective Tissue Conference (CCTC), May 29-June 1, 2013, Toronto, Canada

Myofibroblasts: more than smooth muscle in disguise. First International Symposium on Vascular Tissue Engineering, May 28-29, 2013, Leiden, The Netherlands

Mechanisms in Fibrosis: Keeping an Eye on the Myofibroblast.Ocular Fibrosis: Myofibroblast to Therapeutics, Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), May 5-9, 2013, Seattle, USA

Cast a Cold Eye on the Myofibroblast. Fibrosis in Glaucoma Symposium, Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), May 5-9, 2013, Seattle, USA

How the matrix controls the myofibroblast to control the matrix. Workshop on Matrix Biology and Tissue Engineering of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society – North America (TERMIS-NA) and the American Society for Matrix Biology (ASMB), October 24, 2010, Charleston, California, USA.

The myofibroblast matrix: Implications in tissue repair and fibrosis. Workshop on ECM as a Structural Mediator of Morphological and Homeostatic Information. October 4-9, 2010, Nice, France

Myofibroblasts and the mechanics of tissue repair: facing the enemy and making it companion, Annual Conference of the Union of Swiss Societies of Experimental Biology (USGEB), February 6-7, 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland

The myofibroblast - friend and foe in tissue regeneration, ‘CHUV Research Day ‘Regenerative Medicine’, January 17th, 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland

Myofibroblast contraction activates TGFβ1 from the ECM and establishes a stress-controlled autocrine loop. Gordon Research Conference on Tissue Repair and Regeneration, June 17-22, New London, 2007, USA.

The social life of myofibroblasts: adherens junctions play a role in myofibroblast contraction. FEBS Special Meeting on ‘Cytoskeletal dynamics: from cell biology to development and disease (19th ECF Meeting), June 12-16, 2004, Helsinki Finland